The Vice President of the Republic, Dina Boluartecriticized the parliamentarian of Popular Renewal Jorge Montoya after the broadcast of an audio in which the congressman allegedly expresses that the vacancy of President Pedro Castillo it would entail “having his share of blood, possibly.”
“The historical lessons left by terrorism added to the violent episodes against the defense of democracy at the end of the nineties, and most recently in November 2020they cannot be forgotten”, Boluarte shared through his official Twitter account.
“Let us reject the invocations of bloodshed by those who seek vacancy and exacerbate political polarization in the country,” added the also head of Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis).
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The audio attributed to Montoya was collected this Wednesday 2 by the Uno newspaper on its front page. Boluarte placed the publication next to his text.
“I do believe that the vacancy is going to be complicated. It will not be like (Martín) Vizcarra’s, like (Pedro Pablo) Kuczynski’s, who resigned. This vacancy is going to have its quota of blood possibly”, can be heard on the recording.
Popular Renewal will seek the presidential vacancy motion. Photo: Gerson Cardozo composition.
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Also, other congressmen who spoke on the matter are Isabel Cortez, from Together for Peru,, and Américo Gonza, from Peru Librewho criticized and rejected the expressions in the aforementioned audio.
“Congress cannot have fascist positions that speak of shedding blood for a coup to regain power and serve their pockets. Enough of these types of characters! They do not care about the popular will, except for the lives that may be lost in order to protect their interests,” Cortez also wrote via Twitter.
“At this time when we need peace, stability and security to move forward, we must be responsible not to generate hatred and less to slide the possibility of bloodshed,” said Gonza.
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Although the spokesman for People’s Renewal He did not reject the veracity of the audios, he did question a “smear campaign” against him by the ruling party. The party led by Rafael López Aliaga will present a vacancy motion against President Pedro Castillo.
“It is ridiculous (synonymous with desperation) that from a Twitter account (supposedly from the Peru Libre bloc) try a smear campaign against me, which according to them they reject and denounce and hold me responsible for the acts of violence in our country”, Montoya Manrique tweeted.
